Tangent's Evergreen 17 all-in-one PC barely needs a power plug

Tangent's Evergreen 17 is in the running (heading up the pack, actually) for most hideous desktop of the year, but if beauty truly is found on the inside, maybe it has a fighting chance at being loved after all. This all-in-one PC promises an "industry-leading power efficiency at 24-watts," arrives with a touch-friendly display and packs a fanless 1GHz VIA Eden processor (or fan-cooled 1.5GHz VIA C7), an optional SSD with capacity up to 64GB, up to 2GB of RAM and a gigabit Ethernet port. The unit weighs in at 15.8-pounds and measures 2.25-inches deep, though it'll cost you quite a bit more than other basic desktops at $1,195 (and up). But hey, the warm, fuzzy feeling you'll get from going easy on Mother Earth is totally worth it, right?

[Via I4U News]

[Superevil @ Aug 28th 2008 8:46AM]

C'mon $1,195 has to be a typo.

[GorillaSalsa @ Aug 28th 2008 9:01AM]

I think it's meant for a point-of-sale kind of thing.

[Jason @ Aug 28th 2008 11:35AM]

If it was for point of sale, then I hope it would read 'touch display' rather than touch-friendly. Especially at that price.

Then again, it clearly looks to be a P.O.S.

[Ohai-ooo @ Aug 28th 2008 8:50AM]

Wow, this thing is uglier than my third cousin in the dark (i still hit it though!!).

Oh...em..Primero ??

[Dopefish @ Aug 28th 2008 9:01AM]

more proof that the internet is no place for rednecks

=/

[bob e @ Aug 28th 2008 8:56AM]

24 Watts is amazing!
I think my Dell XPS uses like 600 Watts with 30" monitor...

[bureX @ Aug 28th 2008 8:57AM]

Buy a normal ("non-green") PC that doesn't have an underpowered netbook processor crammed up behind a small monitor, that's expandable, faster and cheaper, and use the leftover money to donate for planting trees. Mother nature will be *much* more thankful...

http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/about_dell/values/environment/tree?c=us&l=en&s=corp&redirect=1

[Tim @ Aug 28th 2008 6:33PM]

Hi, this is America speaking, and apparently we haven't met. Here, we save by consuming. Makes sense, right? Same way we save the world with more wars, or our economy by more government. Just don't forget to vote for whichever of the two mainstream candidates makes you feel better about yourself; neither one is going to do shit.

[Chris @ Aug 28th 2008 9:04AM]

Check out their website - blatant rip off from the Apple site, even their slider bar at the bottom appears to be based on (if not re-using) their javascript.

Stealing someone elses designs/themes looks worse than making a bad one!

Bleh. Puts me off.

[Eric @ Aug 28th 2008 9:18AM]

not a ripoff, just recycling.

[majortom1981 @ Aug 28th 2008 12:25PM]

this would be perfect for work .We have been looking for all in one pcs for the criculation desk. They cant be these huge 20 inch monitor ones they have to be about 17 inches like this one.

I think they are going for point of sale applications and things like that.

[Anthony @ Aug 28th 2008 12:30PM]

24 watts is pretty impressive when you consider it's the full screen plus computer. My 2008 Lexmark uses half that *when turned off*!

[Max @ Aug 28th 2008 1:05PM]

Power usage is only one part of the equation. The other parts being all the toxic chemicals/compounds/processes that are used to make the computer (and IN the computer), as well as what happens to the computer after it's obsolete (how much is actually recyclable?). If you're truly concerned about the environment, then you buy used. (Not that I do this, personally, because I like cutting edge and "used" in my experience has a higher failure rate).

I just think it's silly that all sorts of consumer electronics are advertised as green based solely on their power usage...

[Rob7 @ Aug 28th 2008 1:32PM]

Wake Up folks.....I am so tired of these green ripoffs

[OddManOut @ Aug 28th 2008 2:42PM]

"... fanless 1GHz VIA Eden processor..."


These are still in production ? Dagnabit...if these are still available why do I not yet have my fanless netbook ? I'll bet they could sell one equiped with one of these for $249. Put whatever linunx distro on it you like, I don't care so long as I can put Win2K on it afterwards and upgrade the HDD...

[kal326 @ Aug 28th 2008 3:50PM]

Energy efficient yes. Cost effective, not so much. Hell for the hardware specs and the price it makes a 20" iMac look like a bargain. Even if the iMac uses 4x the power, how much does a kilowatt cost? Green is something good to strive for, but the margins on that hardware has to put Apple to shame.